Mr. Bill Murray – Group Art Exhibit @ the R&R Gallery L.A. (Preview)

At the beginning of last year, artist Tim Doyle released his 6″ x 36″ print entitled “Murray Times Six” through his Natomi Incwebsite. The 6 panel silk screen, which depicted various eras of Bill Murray‘s acting career, was decidedly fairly awesome. The piece garnered a decent amount of attention and sold out quickly; spreading from art sites to film sites and prompting Doyle to print multiple additions. As surprising as it may have been to come across a Bill Murray print at first, it still beckoned the question of why the subject hadn’t been explored more before. Not only did the popularity of the work add a little spark to Doyle‘s career, but it was also a clear testament to the popularity of Murray himself. This week, Los Angeles‘ R&R gallery is stepping up to the plate with an entire gallery exhibit dedicated to one of the world’s most beloved actors and, with 50-plus pieces of new original work and an open bar, it sets out to be one art opening that is not to be missed.

Who doesn’t appreciate Bill Murray? The man has transcended Hollywood, going from Chevy Chase‘s replacement as one of the “not ready for primetime players” on SNL to the highly respected actor that he is today. Along the way he’s ingrained himself into our popular culture through comedy classics like Ghostbusters and CaddyShack and has even become a sought after “indie” film star by celebrated directors such as Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, and Jim Jarmusch. Even the WU-Tang is down with “Bill Mother Fucking Murray“. Now adding their names to the long list of official Murray fans is a shitload of fine artists. When the R&R Gallery announced their intention for a Bill Murray-themed group exhibit, over 40 different artists eagerly responded with heartfelt contributions, referencing the various contributions that Murray has made to their own lives.

The R&R Gallery was gracious enough to accommodate our request to have them send over some sample images of work for this preview. These images can be viewed below after the show/opening details. Please keep in mind that, although R&R has forwarded us the available images that they have at this time, this is only a small percentage of what will be featured at the full exhibit this weekend. In fact, with over 40 artists contributing a total of 50 plus pieces, these images can only represent about 25% of the full exhibit, at best.

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Located in Seattle, Dead C is the founder/editor, as well as the principal writer and photographer, of Monster Fresh. Creating the site in 2007, he did so with a specific dream in mind. Unfortunately, being a muscle relaxer-fueled fever dream, it's hard to recall all of the details.
"I remember that my mom was there, but it wasn't actually her in the dream, it was actually 70s heart throb, Jan Michael Vincent. And everything took place here, in this room... but it wasn't actually here... it was different. The colors were washed out and, for some reason, there was a raccoon kicking it with us and it was wearing a holographic monocle."